Stationery novelty.



PATENTED FEB. 11, 1903.

W. W. MONAUGHTON- STATIONERY NOVELTY.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 5. 1907.

INVENTOI? WITNESSES A TTORNE X I j umrnnsrnrns WILLIAM W. MCNAUGHTON,

OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY;

STATIONERY NOVELTY.

Specification of Letters Patent. A monia filed July 5. 1907. Serial No. 382.161-

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

. 'Toall whom it may concern."

the following is aspecification.

' -The objects of my invention are to provide a small attractive article which can be worn upon a chain and provide within itself a I scroll of paper or strip of stam s and a encil or a stick of sealingwax, as wel as a sea upon'' one end; to enable the pencil or sealilig wax to be concealed until needed; to enable the device to accommodate itself todifierent sized rolls. of paper or stamps; 'to secure a snnple and lnexpensive construction, and to obtain other advantagesand results as may be brought out in the following description. Referring to the accompanylng drawings, 1n which like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the" several figures, Figure 1 1s a perspectlve view of my central longitudinal. section of the improved device showing a strip of stam s partly drawn out; Figs. 2 and 3 are side e evations illustrating certain sealing wax and pencil attachments, respectively; Fi 4 is a body of the device; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a certain resiljent casing; Fi 6 is a perspective view of a tubular spindle, and F1 7 is a sectional view taken on line ac, Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicatedby the arrow.

My invention may be secured to a watch.- chain or other chain, by either ladies or gentlemen, attached to a key ring andcarried in the pocket, or used in any otherway, and provides a convenient article to hold stam s or a strip of paper, a pencil, or seal-and s'ea ing- .wax, at times or places where such things cannot readily-be had otherwise. In said drawings, 1 indicates a ring whichcan be fastened to a chain or key-ring and is secured to ahead or cap 2 provided with a reduced'threaded portion 3 ada ted to screw into the end of a tubular spind e 4. .At the o posite end of saidspindle is another cap 5, similar to cap 2, secured therein by means of its reduced threaded portion 6, said threads being of'theopposite hand from the threads on-cap 2, so as to prevent the cap '5' from unscrewing when the said cap 2 is unscrewed. Obviously this might be prevented in other Ways, as by making a cap in one I, piece with the spindle, soldering it in place,

' or otherwise fixing it to the spindle.

The-unscrewing of the cap 2 is necessary in order to utilize a pencil 7 or stick of sealing wax 8, eitherof which may be secured endwise upon the reduced threaded portion3 of the cap, as shown in the drawings, and normally concealed in the hollow spindle 4. When sealing wax is employed in my device, the outer end surface 9 of the cap 5 may be engraved or inscribed, as at 10, to provide a seal or stamp to form an impression in the said wax when soft. I i

A resilient cylindrical casing 11 is mounted between the said end caps 2 and 5, abutting thereagainst at its ends and inclosin the hollow spindle 4, at a distance thereom At the ends of this casing 11, which is preferably of light sheet metal, are lugs 12 bent radially inward and ada ted at their extremities to engage the spind e4 and hold the easing away from the same to provide a uniform. chamber 13. I have shown three such lugs, although more might be used. Said casing 11 is iongitudinally slotted, as at 14, to provide for the entrance or egress of a strip of paper 16 or stamps 17, to.or from the annular chamber between the spindle 4 and easing 1 1. For attaching the inner end of a stri to said spindle, the same is longitudinall s itted as at 15 to permit the end of the strip to be in serted therein, and this insertion is accom plished by holding the resilient casing 11 while the spindle 4 is turned to bring its slit 15 in line with the slot or mouth 14 of the casing. The end of a stri i1 of stamps or paper may then be passed t rough the slot or mouth 14 and inserted into the said slit'15 of the s indle 4; when by turnin the said spindle y means of its end caps, t e strip is wound on the outside of. the spindle and i when theroll is reduced or exhausted, the

casing will close its In S 12' against the spindle 4 and prevent any ooseness or rattling.

Inthe operation of my improved device,

it will be understood, the casing 11 is held by the fingers of one hand, and one of the caps 5 is grasped and revolved by the fingersof the other hand, when the strip of paper or stamps will unwind and pass out through the openin or slot 14, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7.-

It W 1 also be understood that the device can be made up either expensively as of gold, silver or the like, or it can be manufactured chea ly as by stamping and nickeling. In the fatter case, the device can be readily adapted to use as an advertising medium, by printing upon the outer surface of the casing or the like.

Obviously various detail modifications and changes could be made from the construction especially shown and described, without departing from the spirit-and scope of the in-' vention, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself by any positive descriptive terms herein employed except as the stateof the art may require. 1

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is' 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a tubular spindle with open ends, end caps havin stems adapted to enter the opposite open en s of said spindle and detachably connect therewith by turning in opposite directions and having heads enlarged radially beyond the said spindle, and a split inc'losi'ng'said spindle, having tubular casin d by said caps and being ,free to its ends close turn.

2. In a device of the character described,"

the combination of a central spindle, radially projecting caps on the opposite ends of said spindle, and a tubular casing of resilient s eet metal with open ends and split for its entire len th arranged on said spindle between sai end caps and free therefrom to expaiid and contract with respect to the spindle, its ends being closed by said caps.

3. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a central spindle, radially projecting caps on the o posite ends of said s indle, and a cylindrica casing on said spine between said end caps having at its end edges lugs turned radially inward and adapted to engage the spindle and hold said casing in axial conincidence therewith.

4. In a device of the character described,

the combination of acentral spindle, radially.

projecting caps on the o posite ends of said spindle, and a split cylinfiical casing of resilient sheet material on said spindle between said end caps and separate therefrom, .said

' casing having at itsends integral lugs bent radially inward andad'apted to engage the spindle. v 5'.- A device of the character'described, comprising a hollow spin'dlehaving one end interiorly threaded, end caps at the opposite ends of said s indle one having an engraved outer end sur ace and the other a reduced eX.

tension threaded to screw into said threaded end of the spindle, a. stick of sealing Wear mounted on sa1d last-mentioned cap in endtween said end ca s held thereby against movement longitu, inally but free to move otherwise with respect thereto.

WILLIAM W. MoNAUGHTONQ Witnesses:

ETHEL B. REED, RUSSELL M. EVERETT. v 

